Use the Law of Cosines to solve the problem.

On a baseball field, the pitcher’s mound is 60.5 feet from home plate. During practice, a batter hits a ball 216 feet. The path of the ball makes a 34° angle with the line connecting the pitcher and the catcher, to the right of the pitcher’s mound. An outfielder catches the ball and throws it to the pitcher. How far does the outfielder throw the ball?

207.4 ft
224.3 ft
169.3 ft
198.7 ft

Question

Use the Law of Cosines to solve the problem.

On a baseball field, the pitcher’s mound is 60.5 feet from home plate. During practice, a batter hits a ball 216 feet. The path of the ball makes a 34° angle with the line connecting the pitcher and the catcher, to the right of the pitcher’s mound. An outfielder catches the ball and throws it to the pitcher. How far does the outfielder throw the ball? 

207.4 ft
224.3 ft
169.3 ft
198.7 ft